Taco Tico is a chain of Tex-Mex cuisine fast-food restaurants headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. As of June 2012 there are 36 stores located in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. Dan Foley opened the first Taco Tico in 1962, in his native Wichita, Kansas, and began franchising new locations in 1967. The company was a regional hit by 1980.In 1988, Foley sold the company and chain to a former executive from KFC.